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...aggregation of one-liners, and Fonda gets the lion's share of them. The jokes are a bit softer and more countrified than Simon's bitchy repartee. but Fonda succeeds in putting enough spin on them to give the dialogue bite. His deadpan is convincing. He puckers up his chin a little and blows the quips out like a man nonchalantly shooting marbles from his mouth into a brass spittoon across the room where they make a loud clang and roll around for a second...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: On Golden Caramel | 2/4/1982 | See Source »

...pages; $15.95) Cinema Historian John Kobal has collected 74 of these astonishing pictures. Greats from W.C. Fields to Kim Novak are exposed in ways now unthinkable. A blurred, scarlet-toned Liz Taylor sports thick arm hair; a 5 o'clock shadow darkens Cary Grant's cleft chin; Lana Turner's forehead is marred by blemishes; and the Frank Sinatra of 1945 resembles a textbook definition of adenoidal irregularity. Kobal wisely concludes his collection at 1960. These days, color photographers flatter, airbrush and highlight cinema stars to idolized images. Lost is that earlier fragile humanity, peeking through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Treasures of Art and Nature | 12/14/1981 | See Source »

Dressed in crisp glen plaids, a white handkerchief neatly puffed from breast pocket, Haig is a dandy. He seems the very model of the modern military diplomat. He has a square face, a terrier's chin and eyes that obscure a great deal. He loves his work. He just may win his campaign to be the predominant formulator of foreign policy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: A Diplomatic Dandy | 12/7/1981 | See Source »

James K.H. Chin, who now own the apartment and was the other litigant in the case, "could still appeal but probably won't." Sullivan said. Chin was unavailable for comment...

Author: By William D. Savedoff, | Title: Retiree Wins Case To Halt Eviction | 11/24/1981 | See Source »

Most of the current arguments, says Rogan, center on physical strength and its importance in soldiering. But, she points out, women are growing up stronger because of school sports programs under Title IX. Even if most women cannot do as many chin-ups or run as far as fast as most men, can they still make capable modern soldiers? Regan's answer, which the book mainly bears...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Dick and Jane in Basic Training | 11/16/1981 | See Source »

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